Norbert Elias - 2006 RIHSS Key Thinkers Public Lecture Series At a time when many observers see the world as caught up in a 'clash of civilizations', we may need a well-grounded understanding of what civilization actually is more than ever before. The social scientist who has done the most to contribute to such an understanding is the German sociologist, Norbert Elias. His theorisation of processes of civilisation and decivilisation, his understanding of social life constituted by long-term historical processes, his relational theory of power, and his histAuthor(s): No creator set

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MoLeNET Overview This publication provides an overview of the MoLeNET initiative, the UK's largest and most diverse implementation of mobile learning. The Learning and Skills Council and consortia led by Further Educa...Author(s): No creator set

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Bank of Boston proposes mortgage program for low-income families David Boeri reports on the Bank of Boston's new mortgage program for lowand moderate-income city residents. Boeri's report includes footage of Ira Stepanian (President, Bank of Boston) and Robert Mahoney (Bank of Boston) announcing the new program to the media at a press conference at a Roxbury branch of the Bank of Boston. Boeri reviews the terms of the program. He notes that many houses in the area are not eligible for the program because their sale prices are too high. Boeri interviews Diana Author(s): No creator set

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A Tribute to the Dream feat. Bob Moses Civil rights leader Robert Moses spoke at the Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Con­vo­ca­tion at North­eastern Uni­ver­sity on Jan­uary 16, 2014.Author(s): No creator set

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Utilization of Resources and Wastes for Environment In order to achieve “sustainability” in our society, we have maximized resources productivity (product generated per unit resources) in industrial activities and minimized material/energy load (wastes) to the environment. In addition, wastes have been reused and recycled properly, even if wastes are generated. This lecture provides several examples of such industrial processes and technologies as above which effectually utilize resources and wastes.Author(s): TOKYO TECH OCW

How the Auto Industry Came to Grief Arthur Wheaton talks with CyberTower director Ralph Janis about long-term trends in the American auto industry and the origins of the industry's current crisis.Date: 05/12/2010

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The ‘skinny’ on anorexia and bulemia nervosa Howard Steiger, PhD, Director, Eating Disorders Program at the Douglas Institute gives a lecture during the 2009 Mini-Psych School. He talks about :
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Prof Peter Scales demystifies the process of recovering potable water from waste water, while Prof David Fox compares the cost of recycling with desalination. With Up Close science host Dr Shane Huntington.

Guest: Professor Abdullah Saeed, Sultan of Oman Chair of Arab and Islamic Studies and Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam

Topic: Islam Today

Duration: 18 min 31 sec

Author(s): up-close@unimelb.edu.au (University of Melbourne)

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05 Keep taking the tabloids 5th Maudsley Debate
Keep taking the tabloids: is the media bad for mental health?
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09 Fashion Victims The media is being used as a convenient scapegoat for the development of eating disorders. This is the view of Professor Kenneth Nunn from Sydney University, Australia who will be speaking at the ninth in a series of debates on topical issues in psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry.
He will argue that evidence suggests that the onset of an eating disorder has little to do with the media and everything to do with individual biological and psychological vulnerabilities.
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Introduction This unit explores the role of digital media as a teaching tool, focussing on video in particular. we will examine the process of how you can start to use digital video in the classroom, and how to manage your project from objective setting, through story boards and filming, to assesing the success of your project.Author(s): The Open University

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